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March 03, 2006
This Pisses Me Off
I just don't buy the police chiefs response...
A small-town police chief was accused in a federal lawsuit Thursday of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay heart attack victim because he assumed the ailing man had HIV and posed a health risk.
Claude Green, 43, died June 21 after being stricken yards from City Hall in Welch, a community of about 2,400.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of his mother.
Police Chief Bobby Bowman called the allegations "a boldface lie." He said that he called an ambulance and that Green was taken to the hospital in "no more than nine minutes."
"No one refused him CPR as his sister and mom are saying. They can do what they want, but if they're saying I refused him CPR, that is no way true," Bowman said.
The lawsuit accuses Bowman of pulling off Green's friend Billy Snead as Snead was performing chest compressions on the man. Snead was a passenger in Green's pickup truck when Green collapsed; Snead had managed to pull over the vehicle.
Green was pronounced dead at the hospital after about 30 minutes of attempts to revive him.
Posted by Aaron at March 3, 2006 08:16 AM
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THIS PISSES ME OFF ALSO!
WHEN OH WHEN is the continuing widespread idiocy vis-a-vis AIDS and HIV going to be corrected?
Assuming that just because someone is gay that they are infected is just plain WRONG. I believe that it is our responsibility as human beings to render any and all aid, regardless of who the person happens to be (and that includes race, religion and sexual orientation).
Doggone this kind of stuff chaps my hide!
Posted by: Gayle Miller at March 3, 2006 10:25 AM
I just don't buy his argument that the ambulance came in 9 minutes.
The dude needs oxygen to his brain. It's not safe to run into a burning building to save people, but our brave ff and police do it.
This guy isn't just a bigot; he is a coward.
Posted by: Aaron at March 3, 2006 10:31 AM
Doesn't interfeering with someone else administering CPR constitute at least criminal negligence? If not manslaughter? This guy's not just a coward, he's a murderer.
Posted by: IaintBacchus at March 3, 2006 05:03 PM
Manslaughter isn't murder.
Posted by: paul at March 3, 2006 09:21 PM